Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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Dolphins sometimes have fun by blowing bubbles and creating rings of air underwater, which they then swim through.
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Nervous dogs wag their tails to the left, and happy dogs to the right (from the dog’s point of view) – and fellow canines pick up on this lop-sided tail language.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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When a male honey bee climaxes during sex, his testicles explode and then he dies.
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